Just saying....hard to see from that photoFrom bottom right to top left, in order of precedence:Basic Training RibbonNCO PME School ribbonAF Longevity Service (4 years service)Long Tour OverseasShort Tour OverseasSomething I can't tell but maybe Basic Training InsturctorNational Defense ServiceCan't quite tell AF Recognition RibbonAF Outstanding Unit AwardJoint Service MaybeAF Commendation Medal.

Totally reasonable if she was High Speed enough to be a training instructor

Just saying....hard to see from that photoFrom bottom right to top left, in order of precedence:Basic Training RibbonNCO PME School ribbonAF Longevity Service (4 years service)Long Tour OverseasShort Tour OverseasSomething I can't tell but maybe Basic Training InsturctorNational Defense ServiceCan't quite tell AF Recognition RibbonAF Outstanding Unit AwardJoint Service MaybeAF Commendation Medal.

Totally reasonable if she was High Speed enough to be a training instructor

My sister was a Marine and she makes fun of me because of "all" the ribbons I had when I got out of the Army. I shrug it off because there needs to be a happy medium between the Marines (no one gets ribbons or medals) and the Air Force (ribbon and medals for everyone!). I left with 8 ribbons and a CIB. Enough to look like I've done something but not enough to be absurd.

Just saying....hard to see from that photoFrom bottom right to top left, in order of precedence:Basic Training RibbonNCO PME School ribbonAF Longevity Service (4 years service)Long Tour OverseasShort Tour OverseasSomething I can't tell but maybe Basic Training InsturctorNational Defense ServiceCan't quite tell AF Recognition RibbonAF Outstanding Unit AwardJoint Service MaybeAF Commendation Medal.

Totally reasonable if she was High Speed enough to be a training instructor

Perhap Good Conduct Medal, but I can't tell for sure as it's a blurry shot and the USAF did away with the medal for a bit. Don't think she'll earn a cluster for this 3-year period.

Ivandrago:My sister was a Marine and she makes fun of me because of "all" the ribbons I had when I got out of the Army. I shrug it off because there needs to be a happy medium between the Marines (no one gets ribbons or medals) and the Air Force (ribbon and medals for everyone!). I left with 8 ribbons and a CIB. Enough to look like I've done something but not enough to be absurd.

The ribbons and medals help one track the progress in their AFSC as a visual cue, I guess. Personally, I wasn't too thrilled with the AF Training ribbon for completing BMT or OTS. But I guess some officer and/or SNCO complained only outstanding graduates got ribbons so there you go.

female drill sergeant"s"? I read about one. She should be punished, and was. I won't comment on whether it was the right punishment, not enough information. But the Air Force has a long and storied history of sexual assault by men of women. This was not sexual assault. There may or may not have been sexual harassment and intimidation (the article doesn't specify). But it's a stretch to use this one article to conclude that now the Air Force is totally favoring women and punishing men unfairly.

Allen was the 19th MTI to be court-martialed and the only woman implicated in a scandal that has ensnared at least 32 former trainees in less than two years. All but one of the trials has ended in a conviction. Six of the former MTIs were sentenced to bad-conduct or dishonorable discharges.

I think we need a sample size of more than one to determine whether gender-based discrimination occurred here, subby.

Just saying....hard to see from that photoFrom bottom right to top left, in order of precedence:Basic Training RibbonNCO PME School ribbonAF Longevity Service (4 years service)Long Tour OverseasShort Tour OverseasSomething I can't tell but maybe Basic Training InsturctorNational Defense ServiceCan't quite tell AF Recognition RibbonAF Outstanding Unit AwardJoint Service MaybeAF Commendation Medal.

Totally reasonable if she was High Speed enough to be a training instructor

My sister was a Marine and she makes fun of me because of "all" the ribbons I had when I got out of the Army. I shrug it off because there needs to be a happy medium between the Marines (no one gets ribbons or medals) and the Air Force (ribbon and medals for everyone!). I left with 8 ribbons and a CIB. Enough to look like I've done something but not enough to be absurd.

yep you can't have a 22 year old private looking better than a general just because he has seen combat and performed heroically. All those Washington dinner parties and paper shuffling is far more worthy of medals.

Hey, it's possible if you can be in the right places at the right times and impress the right people. I was an Army E-5 with four rows. It would have been five if I'd actually bothered to add the medals from Desert Storm.

But anyway...That female MTI knew the rules, and didn't bother to follow them ala "don't fool around with the trainees." Plus, if Air Force post-boot camp school is anything like Army, it's an environment of teens and young 20 somethings who've finally gotten permission to socialize with each other after 8 or more weeks of "no nookie for anybody" in basic training. We used to call those romances "AIT Love."

For those saying the punishment doesn't fit the crime:Fraternization is a VERY serious offense in the military. The element of possible intimidation or sexual harassment is a factor, but a lesser concern than perceived favoritism. The higher you get up the chain of command, the more serious it becomes.Really she got off easy. They kick people out for this.

fickenchucker:When will women realize the over-plucked-pencil-thin-drawn-on eyebrows (or "Sharpies") look stupid and extremely lower-class. Like insanely lower-class and ignorant of what actual style is all about.

That goes for Kelly Ripa, too. Imagine how beautiful she would be with normal brows.

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This. It looks absolutely stupid on every woman who does it. And yet for some reason you see it everywhere. WTF, ladies? Men don't care about your eyebrows in the slightest. WTF are you doing?

Jument:fickenchucker: When will women realize the over-plucked-pencil-thin-drawn-on eyebrows (or "Sharpies") look stupid and extremely lower-class. Like insanely lower-class and ignorant of what actual style is all about.

That goes for Kelly Ripa, too. Imagine how beautiful she would be with normal brows.

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This. It looks absolutely stupid on every woman who does it. And yet for some reason you see it everywhere. WTF, ladies? Men don't care about your eyebrows in the slightest. WTF are you doing?